<s>
Ivanti	B-Protocol
(	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
IT	O
software	O
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
South	O
Jordan	O
,	O
Utah	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
with	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
and	O
HEAT	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
acquired	O
Cherwell	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LAN	O
Systems	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1985	O
and	O
its	O
software	O
products	O
acquired	O
by	O
Intel	O
in	O
1991	O
to	O
form	O
its	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LANDESK	B-Protocol
introduced	O
the	O
desktop	O
management	O
category	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
Software	O
became	O
a	O
standalone	O
company	O
with	O
headquarters	O
near	O
Salt	O
Lake	O
City	O
,	O
Utah	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
added	O
process	O
management	O
technologies	O
to	O
its	O
product	O
line	O
and	O
extended	O
into	O
the	O
consolidated	O
service	O
desk	O
market	O
with	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
Service	O
Desk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Thoma	O
Bravo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LANDESK	B-Protocol
bought	O
supply	O
chain	O
software	O
company	O
Wavelink	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
network	O
vulnerability	O
assessment	O
and	O
patch	O
management	O
company	O
Shavlik	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
application	O
software	O
company	O
Naurtech	O
Corporation	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
data	O
visualisation	O
company	O
Xtraction	O
Solutions	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
and	O
AppSense	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
secure	O
user	O
environment	O
management	O
technology	O
,	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Clawson	O
was	O
appointed	O
chairman	O
,	O
CEO	B-Application
and	O
president	O
The	O
company	O
then	O
adopted	O
the	O
Lumension	O
name	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lumension	O
products	O
traditionally	O
competed	O
in	O
the	O
endpoint	O
management	O
and	O
security	O
industry	O
against	O
Sophos	O
,	O
McAfee	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
,	O
Symantec	O
and	O
Trend	O
Micro	O
among	O
others	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
Clearlake	O
Capital	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
HEAT	O
Software	O
,	O
purchased	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
from	O
Thoma	O
Bravo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
LANDESK	B-Protocol
and	O
HEAT	O
Software	O
merged	O
to	O
form	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combined	O
company	O
has	O
1800	O
employees	O
in	O
23	O
countries	O
and	O
markets	O
some	O
products	O
with	O
references	O
to	O
their	O
original	O
names	O
such	O
as	O
Wavelink	O
supply	O
chain	O
software	O
and	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
patch	O
product	O
‘	O
powered	O
by	O
Shavlik’	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
acquired	O
Concorde	O
Solutions	O
,	O
a	O
UK	O
based	O
Software	O
Asset	O
Management	O
company.In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
acquired	O
RES	O
Software	O
,	O
a	O
US	O
and	O
Netherlands	O
based	O
company	O
producing	O
automation	O
and	O
identity	O
management	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
entered	O
into	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
US	O
based	O
Unified	O
Endpoint	O
Management	O
company	O
MobileIron	O
for	O
$872	O
million	O
and	O
San	O
Jose	O
,	O
California	O
based	O
Pulse	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
,	O
for	O
undisclosed	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
announced	O
those	O
acquisitions	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
announced	O
the	O
intent	O
to	O
acquire	O
Cherwell	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Ivanti	B-Protocol
acquired	O
RiskSense	O
,	O
a	O
pioneer	O
in	O
risk-based	O
vulnerability	O
management	O
and	O
prioritization	O
,	O
to	O
drive	O
the	O
next	O
evolution	O
of	O
patch	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
cybersecurity	O
firm	O
FireEye	O
reported	O
that	O
hackers	O
with	O
suspected	O
Chinese	O
ties	O
exploited	O
Pulse	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
VPN	O
to	O
break	O
into	O
government	O
agencies	O
,	O
defense	O
companies	O
and	O
financial	O
institutions	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
detailed	O
how	O
hackers	O
repeatedly	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
several	O
known	O
and	O
one	O
novel	O
flaw	O
in	O
Pulse	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
VPN	O
to	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
dozens	O
of	O
organizations	O
in	O
the	O
defense	O
industrial	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ivanti	B-Protocol
published	O
an	O
emergency	O
workaround	O
which	O
DHS	O
urged	O
network	O
admins	O
to	O
install	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
further	O
examination	O
,	O
CISA	O
discovered	O
that	O
at	O
least	O
5	O
federal	O
agencies	O
had	O
been	O
breached	O
,	O
among	O
24	O
agencies	O
that	O
use	O
the	O
Pulse	B-Protocol
Connect	I-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
products	O
.	O
</s>
